When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City